Fortunately for the racing world, this could be another spring with the intelligence and humility of trainer Michael Matz. If the name Michael Matz is familiar, it’s because he became a cause celebre in 2006 when daily updates were given on Barbaro, that spring’s Kentucky Derby winner that suffered a shattered leg in the Preakness and went through months and months of rehabilitation before succumbing to laminitis.
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